This is a drawing that we are all accustomed to in daily bases. Check out the next photo that shows how it has been built. Can you believe this actually happened? How can a person who is working on-site can make such a mistake? Hard to understand, but true! Think twice next time you locate your detail targets! …

At 8:00 am this morning Architecture for Humanity launched the beta version of the Open Architecture Network, which I have been watching closely. It will be a gathering place for community designers and all those interested in improving the built environment. …

I had seen the concept images, and never thought it would ever be built. When I saw the news tonight, I was shocked. They did built the so-called “sky walk”. I have been to Grand Canyon’s both south and north rims couple of times, and every time I was mesmerized by the beauty of it. In my opinion, the construction violates the hallowed natural landscape of the canyon, which is central to the tribe’s creation myths. …

“My days in this office are nearly through, but my days of service, I hope, are not. In the years ahead, I will never hold a position higher or a covenant more sacred than that of president of the United States. But there is no title I will wear more proudly than that of citizen.” …

During Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2007, which will be held April 18-23 in Milan, Turkish furniture company Nurus will bring together innovative Turkish designers with “Ilk in Milano,” a collaborative effort featuring unique designs and products. The exhibition aims to provide an experience with “the Turkish touch in design.” It will be accompanied by a series of events that will take place at the Zona Tortona in Superstudio Piu at the Salone. …

Atkins has won an international competition to design a five-star resort hotel set within a beautiful water-filled quarry in the Songjiang district close to Shanghai in China. Its stunning concept designs inspired by the natural water and landscape features of the quarry captured the imagination of judges to quash competition from two other international firms. …

Yesterday I went to the “Skin + Bones: parallel practices in fashion and architecture” exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, California. For more information about the exhibit see below.

The photo is Shigeru Ban’s Curtain Wall House by Shigeru Ban Architects in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan 1995. Photo © Hiroyuki Hirai. …

Closely located to the Moscow International Business Center (MIBC), the largest investment and construction project in Russia, and Europe as a whole, the Expocenter Project offers the city a new exposition venue, hotel, and residential development by world famous architect Zaha Hadid. …

Last January 8-11, 2007, I have been to the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, and celebrated its 40th anniversary. There were 2,700 exhibitors spread around 1.8 million sqft of exhibit space, and over 140,000 attendees from across the globe experienced the latest consumer technology products. One of the events I attended was Bill Gates’s pre-show keynote address. He talked about new operating system Vista, and other upcoming projects that Microsoft is currently working on. …

Photography can take us places, we’ve never been before, perhaps never dreamed of. There are some photographs that will make you stop and think. These 10 photographs stopped the world and people hold their breaths for a few seconds to take it all in. …

Can you believe this? Bryan Berg Guinness world record cardstacker creates new record at Disney. If you haven’t heard about him, read below and check out his website as well.

“Bryan Berg broke the Guinness World Record for the World’s Tallest House of Cards in 1992 at the age of seventeen, with a tower fourteen feet, six inches tall. His latest record-holding structure in the category is over twenty-five feet tall. …